Now it has 15 full-time staff ... It takes the pressure off dispatch centers, said Healdsburg’s retired fire marshall Linda Collister, “because people aren’t calling 911 for everything ...

Fire officials believe the fire apparatus engineer ignited the Alexander Fire on Aug. 15, the Windsor River Road Fire on Sept. 8, the Geysers Fire on Sept. 12, and the Geyser and Kinley fires on Sept.